Marie-Josephte GERVAIS

(b. 3 December 1787 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 August 1832 , Napierville, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte GERVAIS was born 3 December 1787 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte GERVAIS was the child of Gabriel GERVAIS and Catherine GIROUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel GERVAIS and Marie Charlotte BONHOMME (maternal) Michel GIROUX and Veronique DENEAU (DENIAU)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Josephte married Pierre ROBERT 17 October 1803 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre ROBERT was born 17 April 1783 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Pierre was the child of Pierre ROBERT dit LAPOMMERAYE and Cecile HÉBERT.

Marie-Josephte GERVAIS died 1 August 1832 in Napierville, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Josephte GERVAIS married

Pierre ROBERT-- Date: 17 October 1803 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Pierre ROBERT was the child of Pierre ROBERT dit LAPOMMERAYE and Cecile HÉBERT

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Children of Pierre ROBERT and Marie-Josephte GERVAIS:

Marie-Josephte ROBERT (b.7 December 1810, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Louis-Albert DENEAU (DENIAU) 22 February 1830 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1787 Birth
3 December 1787
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte GERVAIS and Pierre ROBERT 17 October 1803, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 15 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte ROBERT was born 7 December 1810, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Josephte was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte ROBERT married 22 February 1830, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Louis-Albert DENEAU (DENIAU)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England